Lubeck 1789-HDF schilling
This specimen was lot 6556 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €400 (about US$524 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT, Goldabschlag zu einem 1/2 Dukaten von den Stempeln des Schillings 1789. Münzmeister Hermann Daniel Friederichsen. GOLD. Winz. Randfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Lubeck, gold off metal strike of half ducat weight using one schilling dies of 1789. A rim bump, extremely fine.)"
Using dies intended for minor coinage to struck gold has a long tradition in the Netherlands and may have influenced the minting of this off-metal strike. The regular issue in billon is common. There is also KM 191 (ducat) for 1789. Lubeck coinage abruptly stopped when the town was occupied by the French in 1801.
Recorded mintage: 554,000.
Specification: 1.08 g, 0.375 fine silver, this specimen 1.75 g.
Catalog reference: KM 190, Behrens 418 c; J. 30 Anm.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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